variable channel DAQ program

[DarkMarc86]

Hi everyone. My company currently has a program that we use for data acquisition. Sometimes we need to modify this program to change the number of channels being sampled. I'm wondering if it's at all possible to have a numeric control on the front pannel which lets you change the number of channels that will be sampled. Currenty the program is using the DAQ assistant to read data from our SCXI1120 signal conditioning unit, similar to this one: https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/model.scxi-1120.html

Also, one other thing; when you make a waveform chart on the front pannel is there any way to split up the column that contains the line colours into two seperate columns. With 56 channels it doesn't fit onto one screen, which is why I want to do this.

Thanks in advance.

[DarkMarc86]

whoops I made a mistake, it's actually a SCXI-1520 card, shown here: https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/model.scxi-1520.html

We have 7 of them inside a SCXI-1001 box.

[Dennis_Knutson]

You can edit the task in MAX but if you want a front panel control, use the regular DAQ functions, especially the DAQmx Create Channel with a front panel Physical Channel control. Look at any of the shipping examples.

[DarkMarc86]

What are the shipping examples, and where can I find them?

[Dennis_Knutson]

Help>Find Examples. Not all that hard to find.

[DarkMarc86]

Ok, I thought you might have meant something else when you referred to 'shipping examples.' Thanks for the help!